Iaaf.Org - Shoe4africa 4Km, and Star-Studded Charity Football Match Takes Place in Na Irobi’S Slums
iaaf.org - Shoe4Africa 4km, and star-studded charity football match takes place in Na irobi’s slums Saturday, 13 December 2008 Shoe4Africa 4km, and star-studded charity football match takes place in Nairobi’s slums (http://www.iaaf.org/mm/photo/competitions/competition/04/86/96/48696%5ffull-lnd.jpg) Shoe4Africa All Star team at the Kibera slums in Nairobi Saturday. Back Row l to r: Douglas Wakiihuri, Robert Cheruiyot, Martin Lel, Toby Tanser and Christopher Cheboiboch; Front Row, l to r: Elias Makori, Mathew Birir and Anthony Edwards (CHRIS OMOLLO (Daily Nation)) relnews (http://www.iaaf.org/mm/photo/competitions/competition/04/86/97/48697%5ffull-lnd.jpg) Nairobi, Kenya - More than 3000 women congregated at the Old Kibera Primary School in Nairobi on Saturday (13) to participate in a 4km Shoe4Africa road race in remembrance of the post-election violence and turmoil which was so tragically visited on Kenya and its people early this year. Nineteen-year-old Usilah Koech won the race in 15 minutes, 30 seconds, and said she was using the event to prepare for the Telekom Marathon, to be run on 20 December. Jackline Mukiti was the runner-up in 15:45, with the veteran Joyce Wangui, third in 15:50. The 35-year-old was 22nd at the Nairobi Stanchart Marathon in October. Today’s race was organised by Kenyan-born Dutch woman, Lornah Kiplagat, who is one of Shoe4Africa’s ambassadors, and American author Toby Tanser, who is the founder of the Shoe4Africa Foundation, a US charity donating shoes to Africa. Following the race a very special football match took place which drew together some of the all-time greats of Kenyan athletics.
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